08MAY2019 - NEWS - Teekay Offshore secures financing from Norwegian government for eco-tankers

Teekay Offshore Partners has secured $165.5m in long term financing from the Norwegian government for four new shuttle tankers which will operate with zero volatile compounds (VOC) emissions.

The new VOC recovery system developed by Wärtsilä reduces VOC emissions by up to 100%, converts the emissions into liquid gas, and feeds the gas into a VOC fuel tank as a secondary fuel for the vessels. This provides an annual fuel bunkering reduction of up to 3,000 tonnes of LNG. Combined with other energy efficiency features of the vessels, the total reduced bunkering requirement and CO2 reduction amounts to 50% compared to the existing fleet. Additionally, NOx and SOx emissions are reduced by more than 80% and 95%, respectively.

Published by Editor - www.Livebunkers.com at 08-May-2019 03:25:55 [UTC] , contact editor at editor@livebunkers.com